Lot 13
  • 13

Honoré Daumier 1808-1879

Estimate
6,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Honoré Daumier
  • Bust of Charles-Malo-François, Compte de Lameth
  • with the cast MLG mark (on left shoulder); numbered 2/25 and stamped 2167.2 (on the underside)
  • bronze with dark-brown patina
  • height: 5 3/4 in.
  • 14.7 cm.

Provenance

Weyhe Gallery, New York
Anthony Cassatt, father of the present owner
Thence by descent

Literature

Maurice Gobin, Daumier Sculpteur 1808-1879, Geneva, 1952, no. 18, p. 201 (terracotta illustrated)
Sagot-le Garrec, Daumier Sculpteur, Les Busts des Parlimentaires, Paris, 1979, no. 18 (terracotta illustrated)
Jeanne L. Wasserman, Daumier Sculpture, a Critical and Comparative Study, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1969, no. 20, pp. 105-108, plate 20c (another cast illustrated)

Condition

generally good condition, some surface soiling, minor rubbing to patina at extremities
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